10 January 2022 Alaska National Guard Stages Second Team in Response to Ongoing Winter Storms JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska Army National Guard is providing emergency response assistance to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough starting today after high winds have led to infrastructure damage, power outages, and dangerous transportation conditions for road and air travel.The...
21 January 2022 Arctic Guardians Support Response to Yakutat Local Disaster JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (JBER), Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing worked late into the night of Jan. 11 to ensure 20 Alaska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were ready to depart JBER on a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II Jan. 12 for the Southeast Alaska...
19 January 2022 Alaska National Guard Provides Emergency Assistance to Yakutat YAKUTAT, Alaska -- Twenty Alaska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen departed JBER aboard an Alaska Air National Guard HC-130J Combat King II Jan. 12 for the Southeast Alaska community of Yakutat after the region received tremendous amounts of snow and rain over the last seven days, prompting a local...
10 February 2022 Alaska Army National Guard Team Wins Environmental Security Award JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Last week, the National Guard Bureau officially recognized the Alaska Army National Guard’s Restoration Team for their exceptional accomplishments in restoring unattended armory sites to a clean and sound state for transferring to outside organizations.The...
07 February 2022 Alaska National Guard Conducts Subject Matter Expert Exchanges with Mongolian Air Force Counterparts JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard participated in the second biennial Airman-to-Airman Talks (A2AT) with the Mongolian Air Force last November to plan for future training and subject matter expert exchanges together.Hosted by the U.S. Pacific Air Force, A2AT...
01 April 2022 The Spirit of Cooperation: Alaska National Guard Hosts Arctic Interest Council at Kotzebue JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- When delegates of the National Guard Arctic Interest Council (NG-AIC) representing six states visited the arctic city of Kotzebue March 29, they witnessed a still-frozen landscape showing few signs of spring besides the sun still hanging in the sky at 9...
30 March 2022 Alaska National Guard Conducts Multiagency CBRNE Exercise in Juneau JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard’s 103rd Civil Support Team (CST), National Guard CST units from other states, and local and federal agencies participated in Van Winkle 2022, a biannual, all-hazards response exercise in Juneau, March 22-23.National Guardsmen of...
16 March 2022 Alaska Army Guard Rescues 2 Injured People JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska Army National Guard’s (AKARNG) 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, rescued an injured skier and snowmachiner with a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter in separate incidents in Hatcher Pass March 12.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC)...
06 January 2022 Alaska National Guard Stages Second Team in Response to Ongoing Winter Storms JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska Army National Guard is providing emergency response assistance to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough starting today after high winds have led to infrastructure damage, power outages, and dangerous transportation conditions for road and air travel.The...
27 December 2021 Alaska National Guard Delivers Gifts to Remote Villages for 66th Year JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard (ANG) conducted the 66th Operation Santa Claus again this year, delivering gifts to children in remote Alaskan villages.Gifts were delivered to Buckland Dec. 14, while a flight to Chevak was delayed several times due to inclement...